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84/40 Carharrick, Gwennap – 1915 – Sale of  interest in property  to Elizabeth Polmear by Hon. Henry Walter Forbes – Trefusis (Porthgwidden Devoran).  Contains details of settlement in favour of Hon. Henry (as life tenant) and mortgage of property involving Lord Clinton (Hon. Henry).  Hon. Hugh, Earl Fortescue and Sir Henry Yarde Buller Lopes (Devon) are party to the agreement as Trustees, and Arthur Francis Forster (Lincolns Inn Fields, Middx) & Miss Isabella Johnson (Ottershaw, Sy), as mortgagees. Printed parchment booklet with manuscript insertions – small coloured location plan – signed & sealed H W S Trefusis,  Fortescue, Henry Y B Lopes, A F Forster, Isabella Johnson. [see also 84/25]  £25

84/25 Carharrick, Gwennap – 1919 – Sale of 1/3 interest in property in which she resides, to Elizabeth Polmear (Pelmear). The vendors include Edmund Salwey Ford (Pengreep & Hyde Park Sq.) Lady Henrietta Vere Bidlake (w/o Rev Arthur Bidlake, Taunton)  James Arthur Ford (Pengreep) who hold their interests under various family settlements. Includes schedule of documents going back to Marriage Settlement of James Ford & Jane Frances Nagle (1825). Parchment – signed & sealed by E S Ford, H V Bidlake, J A Ford.  [see also 84/40]  £29

215/22 Feock – 1856 – Attested copy of Sale of Land by the Trustees (including William George Sandys of Bradford, Yorks) of the Marriage Settlement of Edward Davies Browne and Harriette Hill Sandys to The Cornwall Railway Coy. Harriett’s maternal grandmother named Jane (Fameck?) Hall, also mentions William Sandys, Richard Hill Sandys & Augustus Browne. Property & lands k/a Carnon Treleiver – subject to 1822 Lease to John Tregoning. In 1856 Edward & Harriett lived in St. Marylebone, Middx.    5 sheets watermarked paper written 5 sides with ink and embossed duty stamps. Some small splits in folds, occasional underlining to text in blue.  £28

215/24 Lanivet – 1897 – Lease of Treliggan & Tretoil Farm by Robert Treneer Michell the younger (Devoran) to John Henry Retallack (Lanivet).  Document includes an extensive list of Covenants to be observed by Retallack re maintenance & working of farm.  Watermarked paper booklet of 8 pages, written 5¼ sides. Small holes in cover sheet, some pencil notes in margin. Signed by R. Treneer Michell, witnessed by Alice Michell (Devoran).  £33

215/25 Lanivet – 1897 – Counterpart of Lease of Treliggan & Tretoil Farm by Robert Treneer Michell the younger (Devoran) to John Henry Retallack (Lanivet).  Document includes an extensive list of Covenants to be observed by Retallack re maintenance & working of farm.  Watermarked paper booklet of 8 pages, written 6¼ sides. Some blue crayon underlining to text. Signed by John H. Retallick, witnessed by James Retallick (Higher Woodley).  Together with a copy letter from Michell offering a new lease, and a letter (1909) from & signed by John H. Retallick accepting the offer.    £37

215/28 Lanivet – 1928 – Mortgage of Reversionary Interest in  Treliggan & Tretoil Farm  by Lieutenant Edward Dignum Treneer Michell (Plymouth) to  John Messer Bennetts (Truro).  Refers to Will of Edward’s father (died 1913) – Robert Treneer Michell  (Devoran) – Edward’s mother Lilias Home Treneer Michell.   Treliggan  Farm  (previously leased to John Henry Retallick now to William Arthur Bawden & Frank Melville Moyle Bawden) is security for loan.. Paper booklet with typed text with manuscript insertions, on 8½ sides + cover, with large fold-out map (c 72cm x 50cm) based on 1881 Ordnance Survey map showing field numbers, woods, old mineshafts, etc. Signed by E.D. Treneer Michell, witnessed by H Naylor (solr, Truro)  Some staining to map & document mainly due to movement of red ink used to outline lands on map & underline parts of document.    Together with separate sheet of paper listing field numbers & acreages of lands. £28

215/29 Lanivet – 1935 – Duplicate Surrender of Lease of Treliggan & Tretoil Farm (Supplemental to lease of 1925 – see 215/26 & 27) by  Col. William Arthur Bawden & Frank Melville Moyle Bawden  (both of Bodmin) to Lieutenant Edward Dignum Treneer Michell (Winchester). Large sheet paper folded in 2 & typed on 1 side. Signed  by W. Arthur Bawden & F M M Bawden. £13

215/30 Lanivet – 1935 – Surrender of Lease of Treliggan & Tretoil Farm (Supplemental to lease of 1925 – see 215/26 & 27) by  Col. William Arthur Bawden & Frank Melville Moyle Bawden  (both of Bodmin) to Lieutenant Edward Dignum Treneer Michell (Winchester). Large sheet paper folded in 2 & typed on 1 side. Not signed, full date not completed. £10

84/26 Plainangwarry, Redruth – 1924 – Sale of property by Charles Pearce to William Sedgman  Penaluna (Penryn). Details of earlier acquisition by Pearce from Abraham Delbridge in 1903. Parchment – signed & sealed by Charles Pearce, witnessed by W Edgar Rowe (Auctioneer, Redruth).  £ 24

84/24 Redruth – 1903 – Redemption of Mortgage & Re-conveyance of property in Chyandower & Trefula, Redruth by William Augustus Ferguson Davie (formerly of South Kensington, now Crediton, Devon) to the Trustees of the Will of Sir William Robert Williams. Refers to original Mortgage of 1893 granted by Sir John Davie Ferguson Davie, subsequent assignment & death of  Sir William Williams.  Parchment – signed & sealed by W A Ferguson Davie, witnessed by E C  Ferguson Davie (solicitor, Strand, London).  £26

130/33 St Just – 1827– Counterpart of Lease by Rev. Thomas Robyns (Marystow, Devon) to John White (St Just, Penwith) of derelict property & land (Trewellard, St Just) for lives of his 3 children – James about 21yrs, Melchezideck abt 18yrs & Jane White abt 14yrs.  Details of previous occupiers including Richard Warren dec’d & adjoining landowners, contains a number of covenants re working the land, mineral rights & construction of dwelling. Parchment with rodent damage (to 1 corner when folded, resulting in some loss of text in folds, when opened out) – signed & sealed by John White, witnessed on reverse by Jno Reynolds & Jno Badcock.  £42

199/30 St. Just – 1839 – Lease for a year (1st part of Lease / Release for the conveyance of Lands) by Thomas Webb & Joseph Davis  (both Bristol) to William Pearce (Redgill, Winford). The conveyance may relate to the sale of land by the trustees & beneficiaries of a Hawkins Trust as the document refers to the Release of the next day to which the following are party :- James Buckler Osborne Bayly & Susan, his wife (Boreham, Wilts), George Boulton & Ann, his wife (Iron Acton, Glos.), Benjamin Lavers Hawkins (St. Just, Cornwall) and Matthew Gravett Hawkins (Bristol). Details of plots of land called Redding Pits at Winford, including acreages and numbers on Tithe Apportionment map, formerly tenanted by William Read, then Thomas Read, now George Read. Large parchment sheet with embellished 1st 2 words, signed & sealed by Thomas Webb & Joseph Davis, witnesses on reverse include Tho. W. Webb.  £57

84/23 Sithney – 1828 / 9 – Fine (or Final Concord) made at Westminster in 9th year of reign of George IV, recording sale of property by James and Frances Thomas Kempthorne to Johm Rogers. Partially printed, with manuscript details – on parchment.   £13